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unfortunately the latino immigration is part of it. if you want to be an american, you're part of the game. >> listen to bobby are jindal. he's talking to his fellow republicans. >> we must not be part of the party who protects the well off so they can keep their toys. we've got stop being the stupid party. i'm serious. it's time for a new republican party that talks like adults. >> he's not the only one giving that sentiment. paul ryan gave a similar sentiment this morning on "meet the press." ana, is this what your party needs? tough love? >> yes. we need to not sugarcoat it, we need to learn the lessons of the last election. i think governor jindal is right. i think paul ryan is right. i was at the republican retreat ten days ago at the house members and i can tell you we heard a lot of this. there is an acknowledgement within the republican party that we have to reboot. you know, the best part of what happened in this election is that we learned that you can't just do it with white men, that attracting latinos, attracting women is
unfortunately the latino immigration is part of it. if you want to be an american, you're part of the game. >> listen to bobby are jindal. he's talking to his fellow republicans. >> we must not be part of the party who protects the well off so they can keep their toys. we've got stop being the stupid party. i'm serious. it's time for a new republican party that talks like adults. >> he's not the only one giving that sentiment. paul ryan gave a similar sentiment this morning on...
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i think, just to debra's point, latinos really are tired, they say they're being used as a wedge. the fact immigration reform didn't happen was sort of helpful to the democrats in the 2012 election, but i think now they want something done. they're tired of being used and taken for granted and the pressure is really going to be on the democrats as well to get something done. >> yeah, i mean, i just think that's an important point. i think republicans, i mean, you've got on the one hand you've got people who feel if people break the law there should be more consequences. you've seen that in the base. that was sort of the mitt romney stance. look, big business has an interest in having immigration reform. the party has an interest in reaching out to minority voters and to new immigrants. you know, look it, i think it's natural for the party. people come here. they come here to work and to be successful and republicans should be reaching out to these folks. they're natural republican voters. >> another big issue this week, of course, for the republicans and the democrats, gun control
i think, just to debra's point, latinos really are tired, they say they're being used as a wedge. the fact immigration reform didn't happen was sort of helpful to the democrats in the 2012 election, but i think now they want something done. they're tired of being used and taken for granted and the pressure is really going to be on the democrats as well to get something done. >> yeah, i mean, i just think that's an important point. i think republicans, i mean, you've got on the one hand...
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that may be a laudable goal but that's not what's going to move latinos to vote for them. gwen: maybe it will if they stop talking about positions. >> they won't say things like self-support. at any rate their solutions thus far from the committee and from the chairman have been really tactical. they want more technology so they can reach out to voters. they want to launch -- they want to launch a continual conversation with their supporters, modeling obama's organization in which they were constantly, they e-mailed their people all the time. r.n.c. would, you know, raise money and stockpile it and then let it all go. gwen: no grand strategy? >> not yet. >> the jindal speech to me was interesting in part because it did say let's put -- let's put a focus back on the states and the governors. many time when's a party is in a situation like the republicans are in today, the governors do lead it back. but i was struck by the tone of that speech and content of the speech in a sense basically saying, we should not be talking about government and governing. yet he's the governor
that may be a laudable goal but that's not what's going to move latinos to vote for them. gwen: maybe it will if they stop talking about positions. >> they won't say things like self-support. at any rate their solutions thus far from the committee and from the chairman have been really tactical. they want more technology so they can reach out to voters. they want to launch -- they want to launch a continual conversation with their supporters, modeling obama's organization in which they...
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latinos even more than immigration reform and you could talk to this. they want education to be better. they want better jobs. they want better health care. republicans have to not just talk about this, not just pass this legislation, but appeal to latino voters. >> they must deal with all americans. richard, will this happen? you watched this with bush. is it going to happen this time? >> i think it will happen this time. and i can say as an immigrant and citizen of this country, i think it's good for this country. this country has a huge and fantastic tradition of welcoming immigrants. this is another new chapter in that history. >> thanks for your time tonight. >> thank you. >>> coming up, the second term campaign got a major jolt today and boost. it didn't happen in vegas though. we'll explain. >>> and file this one under can't make it up. dick cheney, the guy who shot a friend of his in the face is talking gun safety. they don't think this is a problem? >>> plus as she gets ready to leave her job, hillary clinton is talking about her dancing. great
latinos even more than immigration reform and you could talk to this. they want education to be better. they want better jobs. they want better health care. republicans have to not just talk about this, not just pass this legislation, but appeal to latino voters. >> they must deal with all americans. richard, will this happen? you watched this with bush. is it going to happen this time? >> i think it will happen this time. and i can say as an immigrant and citizen of this country, i...
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a voto latino and msnbc contributor. thank you for being here. >>> let me start with you, what can you say about this tape. classic joe biden yesterday. what do you make of him? >> he's real. authentic. comfortable with himself. and, combined with that, he's extraordinarily effective. i think he's arguably the most effective vice president in american history. it's not just what he did on the fiscal cliff deal. it's what he did at the end of 2010 in terms of extending the tax cuts and getting unemployment compensation through and the payroll tax through. it's the influence he's had on afghanistan policy and iraq policy where we're getting out of those wars. it's the way he campaigned and the way he related to people in the last election. i think that, you know, look, hillary clinton is a formidable obama th obama that skal. i think some times people forget throughout history no incumbent vice president has been denied the nomination of his party since 1952. >> wow, well let me ask you following up on that, maria, do you
a voto latino and msnbc contributor. thank you for being here. >>> let me start with you, what can you say about this tape. classic joe biden yesterday. what do you make of him? >> he's real. authentic. comfortable with himself. and, combined with that, he's extraordinarily effective. i think he's arguably the most effective vice president in american history. it's not just what he did on the fiscal cliff deal. it's what he did at the end of 2010 in terms of extending the tax...
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latino voters expect it. democrats want it, and republicans need it. >> senator robert menendez, i have to ask you one quick question here. on the vote for the sandy relief bill tonight, do you have a comment on that? >> yeah. >> it's been a long fight. is this really going to help people in relief? >> absolutely, ed. it's delayed 91 days. we should have never had to wait that long. this is the united states of america. it means we respond to our fellow americans in times of crisis and emergency and disaster. but relief is finally on the way. and now we're just going to make sure that after the president signs this bill, which i know he'll do in short order, that we get secretary donovan, who was named by the president to oversee this relief to make sure that money comes out to our citizens, to our homeowners, to our businesses, to our communities. >> are you -- a majority of republicans voted against it. your thoughts on that. >> you know, i said on the senate floor today that never in two decades have we of
latino voters expect it. democrats want it, and republicans need it. >> senator robert menendez, i have to ask you one quick question here. on the vote for the sandy relief bill tonight, do you have a comment on that? >> yeah. >> it's been a long fight. is this really going to help people in relief? >> absolutely, ed. it's delayed 91 days. we should have never had to wait that long. this is the united states of america. it means we respond to our fellow americans in...
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one of the things that latino voters, one of the key reasons they turned out in record numbers is that they wanted immigration reform, they wanted to see the president do something. and there has been some criticism of him in the path, particularly around health care, that he was somewhat aloof in the process. he didn't step in and lead. i think this time, he has taken a more forceful nmu!"t/&nuuuuuu. what his challenge is#82+suur]bk the big numbers come when you look at non-whites. 67% of back a path to citizenship. while just 46% of whites do. is one of the keys for the president, david, going to be what he's kind of doing successfully on a number of other fronts, which is to just go out and sell this to the american people? he believes public opinion can move some of these senators who may be more centrist around the fence about this. >> yes, chris, the white house really stressed this idea, that they've learned over the first term, that's the best way. to explain it to the people, where you're starting from, where the president wants to go, why, what the stakes are, and who stands
one of the things that latino voters, one of the key reasons they turned out in record numbers is that they wanted immigration reform, they wanted to see the president do something. and there has been some criticism of him in the path, particularly around health care, that he was somewhat aloof in the process. he didn't step in and lead. i think this time, he has taken a more forceful nmu!"t/&nuuuuuu. what his challenge is#82+suur]bk the big numbers come when you look at non-whites....
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latinos, immigrants and frankly the american people know that we have to fix this immigration problem. if anything, i think the congress is way behind the voters. the time is now. we gotta get it done. >> john: i think you're right. the president did say his principles were close to the senate's plan and from what's been reported about the house plan that kind of seems comparable as well. sir, is the senate's plan that was announced yesterday sufficient? is there anything you would add to that or more importantly take away? >> well, you know, is there a lot of conversations that are going to have to be had on the senate's plan. obviously the whole question of border security. i tend to agree with the president, the border is as secure as it's ever been. we don't need to create anymore artificial barriers to legalizing undocumented immigrants and i think that we have to deal with that question. i think that also we have to make sure that when they say a path to citizenship that, in fact, that's what it is. and that we don't wind up with additional hoops that people have to jump through
latinos, immigrants and frankly the american people know that we have to fix this immigration problem. if anything, i think the congress is way behind the voters. the time is now. we gotta get it done. >> john: i think you're right. the president did say his principles were close to the senate's plan and from what's been reported about the house plan that kind of seems comparable as well. sir, is the senate's plan that was announced yesterday sufficient? is there anything you would add to...
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obama had strong support from latinos, 71% to romney's 27%. and romney's showing is part of a bigger trend. republican candidates have steadily been losing latino support. 27% was down from mccain's 31%, which was down from george bush's 41%. considering all that, what is probably the most interesting thing about today's announcement was how much it looks like earlier efforts to end immigration reform. earlier efforts that were hardly bipartisan with the main sticking point being the a word, amnesty. >> i have never will and never have supported efforts for blanket immigration amnesty. >> i don't support amnesty. i don't support special benefits. >> essentially, granding amnesty to many illegals is outrageous. >> amnesty. many of them need to be sent back. >> that ended with senator mccain. that's worth noting because before he was supporting a plan that would allow illegal immigrants already here to stay. you see there he was against it, but before then, he was for it. back in 20005, he worked with the late senator ted kennedy on an immigrati
obama had strong support from latinos, 71% to romney's 27%. and romney's showing is part of a bigger trend. republican candidates have steadily been losing latino support. 27% was down from mccain's 31%, which was down from george bush's 41%. considering all that, what is probably the most interesting thing about today's announcement was how much it looks like earlier efforts to end immigration reform. earlier efforts that were hardly bipartisan with the main sticking point being the a word,...
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secondly, latino voters expect it. third, the democrats want it and fourth, republicans need it. >> when it comes to immigration reform, everyone is eager to get ahead of everyone else. by rolling out this senate play today, senators can get ahead of the president who will give his first policy speech on immigration tomorrow. another senator who wants to get ahead of this story, senator marco rubio write, "my hope is president obama will use his voice and influence to further this approach. however, if what he offers is a process for the undocumented that is more lenient, faster and unfair to those waiting to completely, it won't bode well for reform." striking a much friendlier tone on sunday, this is what senator mccain said of the president's effort. >> believe it or not i see a glimmer of bipartisan out there. >> we have president obama out there pushing a plan. does it help? hurt? >> i think it helps. i think it's important we all work to the on this. >> this will be the first time mccain has signed on to any majo
secondly, latino voters expect it. third, the democrats want it and fourth, republicans need it. >> when it comes to immigration reform, everyone is eager to get ahead of everyone else. by rolling out this senate play today, senators can get ahead of the president who will give his first policy speech on immigration tomorrow. another senator who wants to get ahead of this story, senator marco rubio write, "my hope is president obama will use his voice and influence to further this...
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and romney's poor showing among the latinos is part of a growing trend. and republicans have been steadily lose agreeing share of the latino vote which is in 2012 romney with 27% down from mccain's 31% from 2008 and george w. bushes in 2004. it's an urgent call for republicans, so considering all that what's probably the most interesting thing about today's announcement was how much it looked like earlier efforts of immigration reform, with the main sticking point being the "a" word, amnesty. >> i have not and will not support any blanket amnesty. >> i don't support amnesty. i don't support special benefits. >> essentially granting amnesty to many illegals is outrageous. >> and amnesty, and many of them need to be sent back. >> you will notice that ending with senator mccain which is interesting, because before he would support it. he was against it there, but before that he was for it. in 2005, he worked the late senator ted kennedy on an immigration bill that was backed by the bush white house and included what critics called amnesty, only then, mccain
and romney's poor showing among the latinos is part of a growing trend. and republicans have been steadily lose agreeing share of the latino vote which is in 2012 romney with 27% down from mccain's 31% from 2008 and george w. bushes in 2004. it's an urgent call for republicans, so considering all that what's probably the most interesting thing about today's announcement was how much it looked like earlier efforts of immigration reform, with the main sticking point being the "a" word,...
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what happens -- and what do you think the republican calculation is about what happens to latino voters and hispanic voters going forward in elections, assuming something like that package actually does get legislated. >> well, i think the sense is for republicans is that they have to do something with this issue. they have to get it off the table if they have any hope in winning the 71% loss as you pointed out they won with the latino voters. they can push it to the right, they can try to make that pathway to legal status to citizenship as long and drawn out as possible. or they cannot negotiate, which has been the position in the past. get killed politically, or if something does pass without their help it will be purely on democratic terms. and the pathway to citizenship will be much shorter and much more to the left than the process. and the republicans have to realize at this point that they have lost opportunities along the way in the health care reform debate. in their move to strike a bargain. if they had come to the negotiating table to work with democrats they could have pushe
what happens -- and what do you think the republican calculation is about what happens to latino voters and hispanic voters going forward in elections, assuming something like that package actually does get legislated. >> well, i think the sense is for republicans is that they have to do something with this issue. they have to get it off the table if they have any hope in winning the 71% loss as you pointed out they won with the latino voters. they can push it to the right, they can try...
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and the president was essentially rallying his base, liberals women african-americans, gay, latinos, look, we have big fights coming. in order to honor you i need you to honor me by working together in for the collective good and by the way we'll have specific battles coming out. >> john: george, were there any surprises to you? did you think the president would make a passionate address of climate change? >> i was surprised. i think there had been some whisper that he would address it here or the state of the union. i was expecting an one-sentence toss away like he dedicated to reducing the deficit. it was a whole paragraph and an impassioned plea for it. i was surprised to see it, and it was something that obama had his eye on not only whatever he plans, and we don't know what that is, but whatever he plans to address this problem but he's positioning himself historically. these are the speeches that people look back 50 years later what did obama say at this point in time and he wants to get on the record that climate change is a problem we must solve it. now he needs to match his
and the president was essentially rallying his base, liberals women african-americans, gay, latinos, look, we have big fights coming. in order to honor you i need you to honor me by working together in for the collective good and by the way we'll have specific battles coming out. >> john: george, were there any surprises to you? did you think the president would make a passionate address of climate change? >> i was surprised. i think there had been some whisper that he would address...
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. >> -- of latinos in the south, republicans better watch their mouths going forward on some of this. >> kir ren finney and jimmy williams, both southerners, but both great. thank you. stay with us. much more ahead. new prilosec otc wildberry is the same frequent heartburn treatment as prilosec otc. now with a fancy coating that gives you a burst of wildberry flavor. now why make a flavored heartburn pill? because this is america. and we don't just make things you want, we make things you didn't even know you wanted. like a spoon fork. spray cheese. and jeans made out of sweatpants. so grab yourself some new prilosec otc wildberry. [ male announcer ] one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. satisfaction guaranteed or your money back. humans. even when we cross our t's and dot our i's, we still run into problems. namely, other humans. at liberty mutual insurance, we understand. that's why our auto policies come with accident forgiveness if you qualify, where your rates won't go up due to your first accident, and new car replacement, where, if you total your new car, we give you
. >> -- of latinos in the south, republicans better watch their mouths going forward on some of this. >> kir ren finney and jimmy williams, both southerners, but both great. thank you. stay with us. much more ahead. new prilosec otc wildberry is the same frequent heartburn treatment as prilosec otc. now with a fancy coating that gives you a burst of wildberry flavor. now why make a flavored heartburn pill? because this is america. and we don't just make things you want, we make...
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and republicans have been steadily lose agreeing share of the latino vote which is in 2012 romney with 27% down from mccain's 2008 percentage. the sticking point is the a-word, amnesty. >> i will not and i will never support and never have and will never support any effort to blanket grant amnesty to any folks who have stayed in the country illegally. >> i don't support amnesty. i don't support special benefits. >> essentially granting amnesty to many illegals is outrageous. >> and amnesty, and many of them need to be sent back. >> you will notice that ending with senator mccain which is interesting, because before senator mccain would not support a plan for illegal immigrants to stay, you see, there he was against it, but before that, he was for it. in 2005, he worked the late senator ted kennedy on an immigration bill that was backed by the bush white house and included what critics called amnesty, only then, mccain and others weren't calling it that. >> i think that we are off to a good start on immigration reform. >> i'm not running to do the easy thing, so i defend with no reserva
and republicans have been steadily lose agreeing share of the latino vote which is in 2012 romney with 27% down from mccain's 2008 percentage. the sticking point is the a-word, amnesty. >> i will not and i will never support and never have and will never support any effort to blanket grant amnesty to any folks who have stayed in the country illegally. >> i don't support amnesty. i don't support special benefits. >> essentially granting amnesty to many illegals is outrageous....
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they need to reach out to latinos. they know where their weaknesses lie. is this a start toward a change even if it's just a very pragmatic one? or is the far right so intransigent that it's all going to be talking? >> well, look, i think most congressmen, most republicans when you talk to them understand they have a big problem in national elections and it comes down to just as we saw in the last one, they failed to appeal to women and minorities. and especially latino voters who make up such a fast growing and important voting block. here's the issue, a lot of republicans who are left in washington are in the house. and they're in districts that, frankly, they're safe in. and there are a lot of reasons for that redistricting is one of them. but if you look at it in effect for a lot of these republicans, the make-up of their district is overwhelmingly white still. you know, reaching out to latinos, it might in the abstract be important to them, but is it important to their own sort of political future? well, not necessarily, that's the problem. you basica
they need to reach out to latinos. they know where their weaknesses lie. is this a start toward a change even if it's just a very pragmatic one? or is the far right so intransigent that it's all going to be talking? >> well, look, i think most congressmen, most republicans when you talk to them understand they have a big problem in national elections and it comes down to just as we saw in the last one, they failed to appeal to women and minorities. and especially latino voters who make up...
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we have cuban members, latinos. we have others who can absolutely help us understand -- >> let me go there. this is a very interesting point. there's a column written someplace, cnn.com, i'm not sure, by my friend john avlon. and he's a moderate to sort of slightly left of center guy. but he says this. he says the gop at the state level has really more diversification than the democrats do. and he cites, for example, hispanic governors, brian sandoval in nevada, suzanne martinez of new mexico. indian american governor bobby jindal, who may run for president. okay? he also talks about in the senate a new star, ted cruz, hispanic from texas. and of course marco rubio, hispanic from florida. we have african-american senator tim scott, just appointed. 24s pretty good stuff. >> it is. >> the question is if you did so well on the diversity issues at the state level for these gubernatorial and senate races why can't you get it done at the presidential level? >> well, the presidential level is a little different thing that
we have cuban members, latinos. we have others who can absolutely help us understand -- >> let me go there. this is a very interesting point. there's a column written someplace, cnn.com, i'm not sure, by my friend john avlon. and he's a moderate to sort of slightly left of center guy. but he says this. he says the gop at the state level has really more diversification than the democrats do. and he cites, for example, hispanic governors, brian sandoval in nevada, suzanne martinez of new...
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over 70% of latinos voting for this president. over 70% of asian americans voting for this president. >> you see, in 1965 blacks could not street in t not vote in the south. white women could not serve on juries. you could not vote on campuses. so the unleashing of the right to vote has changed america's politics in fundamental ways and those who lost the center tried to take it back and they lost again. i think he made a significant gesture. no one who believes in democracy should try to impede access to the right to vote. it was another statement about a big case coming up in the supreme court the next investigation. trying to remove section five of the voting rights act. that would be highly contested and clearly he's going to win on the side of maintaining section five of the voting rights. that's a big deal. >> sir, even as you were speaking, we're watching the images of the president and the first family seated in the reviewing stand preparing to watch a magnificent parade and the president himself was incapable of ignoring
over 70% of latinos voting for this president. over 70% of asian americans voting for this president. >> you see, in 1965 blacks could not street in t not vote in the south. white women could not serve on juries. you could not vote on campuses. so the unleashing of the right to vote has changed america's politics in fundamental ways and those who lost the center tried to take it back and they lost again. i think he made a significant gesture. no one who believes in democracy should try to...
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here in new york is nbc latino contributor victoria defrancesco soto. given how so many republicans have insulted and demeaned immigrants for such a long time, do you believe that their sudden willingness to move forward is something more than just a pragmatic realization that unless they reach out, then their pros tekts of winning the white house will remain bleak? >> well, i think it's entirely pragmatic. look, some elections, the winner can claim a mandate. the 2012 election, the republicans got a message. at least the semi sane wing of the republican party. i'm not sure, actually, that this will solve their whole problem even if something reasonable passes. the rhetoric that has come from republicans from 2007 on all the way through 2012 could have the same kind of permanently alienating impact the republicans had with african-americans in the '60s and '70s and there is the wing of the republican party, they're going to resist any forward movement here. that rhetoric is going to get even more rancid and then john boehner is going to have to decide w
here in new york is nbc latino contributor victoria defrancesco soto. given how so many republicans have insulted and demeaned immigrants for such a long time, do you believe that their sudden willingness to move forward is something more than just a pragmatic realization that unless they reach out, then their pros tekts of winning the white house will remain bleak? >> well, i think it's entirely pragmatic. look, some elections, the winner can claim a mandate. the 2012 election, the...
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the first latino american to read a poem at this inaugural, the first gay american to do that. what was it like? >> the actual event was just amazing. what i've come away with, of course, i've never done this before. the platform actually seemed very intimate, and sort of the atmosphere at this moment was in some ways everything i was trying to achieve in the poem. and there is a sense of camaraderie that stays for at least a couple of hours. and just that sense of that america that i think i always as a little kid sort of fantasized about. being a cuban american. that all those ideals seemed to come just to life at that moment and that wonderful tradition of the inauguration was like a great moment for me. just outside of the poem. >> the poem was a lot about unity and about equality. >> right. >> something that i had always felt in my heart ever since obama's speech several years ago, about where one america, the democratic national convention, something that had always stayed in my psyche, i think. and i always wanted to write a poem about it. and i finally got the assignmen
the first latino american to read a poem at this inaugural, the first gay american to do that. what was it like? >> the actual event was just amazing. what i've come away with, of course, i've never done this before. the platform actually seemed very intimate, and sort of the atmosphere at this moment was in some ways everything i was trying to achieve in the poem. and there is a sense of camaraderie that stays for at least a couple of hours. and just that sense of that america that i...
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politically he was in a bad spot with latino voters. a ton of pressure. now the funny thing about the situation is that politically, just politically, this is a win for him either way. >> even the dream act was there. there was a question as to what was going to happen with that. now through executive order he is somer assaulting. >> you have bobby jindahl saying we can't be the stupid party anymore. who wins out? >> they're all wrong. they're talking about the problem with the party -- the problem with the party is policy. seven days after the election, the ohio legislature, i assume with the blessing of governor kasich passes -- defeated in mississippi. i mean, what were they thinking? what are they thinking? i think they've got to look at themselves and say we've got to control the tea party aspect of this party. we've got to get back to taking positions that ordinary americans agree with. it's going to be interesting and fascinating to me what the house republicans do on background checks and high capacity magazines. then you will see whether this par
politically he was in a bad spot with latino voters. a ton of pressure. now the funny thing about the situation is that politically, just politically, this is a win for him either way. >> even the dream act was there. there was a question as to what was going to happen with that. now through executive order he is somer assaulting. >> you have bobby jindahl saying we can't be the stupid party anymore. who wins out? >> they're all wrong. they're talking about the problem with...